New Ulm weekly review., 1887-12-21

tobacco and alcohol To create this
impression, quotations were made
which were always garbled, and words
50 changed as to make the author say
just the opposite Of what he did say.
y This Isl a very unfair and dangerous
method Of treating the opinions or
statements of an opponent. BY that
method one can make the inddel lecs
lures Of an Ingersoll teach the sweetest
lessons Of faith and piety, or the Bible
teach the rankest atheism.-.- But be-
fore Wese1amine the book to see how
fairy he CDR. Smith) is quoted, let US
try this treatment. on some other book !;
atake the Bible. open to the l4th
Psalm, and in the 1st verse read these
words, There is no God.'' Taking
these words entirely out of their con.
''nection, do they fairly represent the
teaching of the Bible !? Turning to
Matt. ~, 5. I find it said Of Judas that
S.he went and hanged himself IS Now
in Luke 10, 81, go and & chou like
wise. Wis Garbling these quotations and
using thera thus is not quite fair, is it :?
Now letsus try the'same method on the
Pathfinder Primer -. On page "a of
the Primer are these words, "A little
alcohol is not so bad," "What are you
afraid Of? Don't be coward, take a
little As matter of fact. every
Word Of these quotations is true, but
they do not tell the whole truth, and
there is no untruth so dangerous as that
which is half true.''
The Rev. Seth W. Wilcox ought to
know that there are just tive works to
which. as vehicles of revealed truth. the
principles of Mrs. Hunts scientific
reasoning mus: not be applied. These
two works are the Bible and the Path
sdnder Series. Both are too holy to be
niisqu oted and in the estimation of
the !. @. e. u, the second certainly
takes precede dence over the first The
II ~ ,is pre- -eminently = temper
ance union, with 50 much christianity
as is found to be consistent with Mrs.
Hunts articles of faith.
In Henry Georges paper, The sTAS-
=DARD, Alfred L. Royce, U. S. N, has
an interesting article on the results of
state ownership Of railways in Belgium,
the country which has had the longest
experience in this line and whose expe-
rience shows how the system affects in
dustrY under the various fluctuations
Of co.nmerce. The Belgian govern
ment did not monopolize the carrying
OF merchandise and passengers, but al
lowed joint stock railways much free.
dom, making no attempt to drive them
out of the field by excessive cohpeti.
Stion. The balance of ownership be-
tween the state and the companies has
varied from time to time. In 1850 the
state possessed S88 miles of line,
against 166 miles belonging to the COM
panies. In 1865 the proportion was
reversed, the companies having $50
miles, against 469 miles belonging to
the government. In 1854 another
change had occurred. The q state
owned i. 931 miles, compared with 7sO
miles belonging to the companies. The
conclusion is irresistible that, notwith-
standing the advantages conceded 70
! industry, the state railways must have
been 3 fair financial success, as other.
wise the companies would not have
been able to compete for half century
\ against an antagonist which had the
state purse to pull upon. In 1864, the
government first used its power to do
exactly what our merchants and the
railway companies do without success
they leveled the rates down all along
the line. The minister stated that the
results surpassed all expectation. The
increase Of traffic in the half a year was
egnivalent to the average increase for
three years. The increase of tonnage
iEss the eighth year of the experiment
9 was l06.s32 per cent. This addition
was practically on the same mileage,
the government having acquired only
fifty miles extra line.
The general results OF the sys ten
I during the eight years from 1886 tc
1864 are thus summed up by the Bel.
gian minister: a The charges or
goods have been lowered on an aver. aver
age by twenty. EIGHT per cent. 90 The
public,haYe dispatched 2. 7o6, 600 tons
more, while they have economical
more than 81, 900, 900 on the cost 9
carriage. (y The public Treasury has
realized 81, ,156, 200 more. after h9yine